Station and Shift. Bid Process: By October 1st of each year, every bargaining unit employee will submit in writing to the Fire Chief their bid request for Station [When Applicable] and/or Shift assignments for the following year. By November 1st of each year, the Fire Chief will post the annual Station & Shift assignments for the following year. The Fire Chief will align Stations/Shifts based on seniority and qualifications; however, the Fire Chief has the discretion to align Stations/Shifts to accommodate the needs of the department. It is understood that station bidding will be further limited by the unique roles and specialty assignments to that station.
Station and Shift. Bid Process: By October 1st of each year, every bargaining unit employee will submit in writing to the Fire Chief their bid request for Station [When Applicable] and/or Shift assignments for the following year. By November 1st of each year, the Fire Chief will post the annual Station & Shift assignments for the following year. The Fire Chief will align Stations/Shifts based on seniority and qualifications; however, the Fire Chief has the discretion to align Stations/Shifts to accommodate the needs of the department. It is understood that station bidding will be further limited by the unique roles and specialty assignments to that station. In the event vacancies occurs during the year causing the shifts to no longer be reasonably balanced (by seniority and/or qualifications) the Fire Chief will notify the Union of the need to rebalance the shifts. If the Union disagrees with the Chief’s determination of need, it shall notify the chief within two (2) weeks and the issue will be referred to the LMC process. Once an imbalance is confirmed, The Chief shall post the need to fill the vacancy(ies) for a two-week period to allow for voluntary bids. If no volunteer bids are received, the Fire Chief has the ability to reassign the employee(s) to the new shift/station assignment to fill the needs of the department normally given the employee a 30-day notice. The Chief shall rebalance the shifts by the least amount of impact on the unit employees. The Fire Chief may use the same process should a long-term temporary vacancy of six (6) months or more occur that creates an adverse impact on the normal operations of the department Once the shift/station imbalance or long-term (temporary) vacancy has been resolved by new hires/per diems or the absent employee returns to work, the Unit Employee that was transferred my return to their original station/shift assignment before the transfer.
